Name: F&T Livestock Market livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves under 500 lbs 5.00-10.00 higher, over 500 lbs 10.00-20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00-10.00 higher. A good mix of both calves and yearlings with prices continuing to get stronger. Demand was good and supply moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $233.51/cwt on 434 head.

Average price

$233.51

434 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,574

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$216

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$31.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.73

vs MO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	250.32	1,456	195
Medium 1-2	392	237.91	933	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	763	219.09	1,672	230

One grade step is worth $31.23/cwt here — about −$216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale434 hd

233.51

—

MO average19 barns · 14,996 hd

236.23

−2.73

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

42 lots · USDA AMS · F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	694	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,527	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	584	231.76/cwt	224.00–245.00	1,353	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	605	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	769	209.78/cwt	209.50–210.00	1,613	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	805	196.61/cwt	176.00–210.50	1,583	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	992	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	826	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	648	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,584	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	532	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,495	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	568	274.24/cwt	271.00–277.00	1,558	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	234.37/cwt	230.00–236.00	1,781	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	285.16/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,745	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	651	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,614	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,870	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,744	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,569	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	310.70/cwt	296.00–329.00	1,485	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	260.32/cwt	254.00–269.00	1,744	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	256.81/cwt	244.00–264.50	1,846	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	289.98/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,664	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	354	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,151	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,656	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	682	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,654	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	678	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,627	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	529	257.30/cwt	256.00–261.00	1,361	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	573	254.21/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,457	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	684	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,614	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	240.88/cwt	238.50–242.00	1,602	31
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	423	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,066	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	377	230.87/cwt	222.00–250.00	870	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,801	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	222.96/cwt	212.25–229.00	1,715	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,366	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	449	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,253	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	1,295	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	244.69/cwt	242.00–247.50	1,407	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	242.98/cwt	234.00–250.50	1,519	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,348	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	265.50/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,248	24

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

F and T Livestock Market Feeder/Replacement Cattle - Palmyra, MO

Tue Jan 30, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jefferson City, MO (LS-JC)

Receipts 1,125Last week 915Year ago 873

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	694	220.00	220.00
8	—	584	224.00–245.00	231.76
8	—	605	237.00	237.00
9	—	769	209.50–210.00	209.78
15	—	805	176.00–210.50	196.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	386	257.00	257.00
31	—	665	238.50–242.00	240.88
7	—	449	279.00	279.00
7	—	515	251.50	251.50
12	—	575	242.00–247.50	244.69
46	—	625	234.00–250.50	242.98
24	—	470	263.00–270.00	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	720	230.00	230.00
61	—	868	207.50	207.50
77	—	769	212.25–229.00	222.96
10	—	568	240.50	240.50
2	—	548	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	682	242.50	242.50
22	—	529	256.00–261.00	257.30
22	—	573	247.50–260.00	254.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	252.00	252.00
6	—	377	222.00–250.00	230.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	244.00	244.00
7	—	826	223.00	223.00
8	—	648	244.50	244.50
11	—	532	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	534	291.00	291.00
18	—	568	271.00–277.00	274.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	760	230.00–236.00	234.37
43	—	612	279.00–292.00	285.16
9	—	848	220.50	220.50
26	—	478	296.00–329.00	310.70
28	—	670	254.00–269.00	260.32
33	—	719	244.00–264.50	256.81
49	—	574	280.00–305.00	289.98
4	—	354	325.00	325.00
5	—	439	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	651	248.00	248.00
4	—	765	228.00	228.00
7	—	608	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	684	236.00	236.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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